Kamu Nakazawa
Managing Director
Specialized Consulting & Transactions Department
Head of GRC Section
Career Summary
After working as a policy secretary for a member of the National Diet, drafting parliamentary questions and conducting research on regulations, he joined a global consulting firm in 2007. He engaged in building global governance systems for multinational corporations, establishing risk management systems, identifying and assessing strategic and country risks, and developing responses to crises such as natural disasters, international conflicts, and cyber attacks. After six years as a partner at the global consulting firm, he joined Frontier Management Inc. in 2025.
Achievements
At the global consulting firm, he provided support for projects such as the construction of a strategic risk management system spanning dozens of global locations, the establishment of a risk management PDCA cycle, the construction of a framework for monitoring macroeconomic environments and trends such as political, economic, and regulatory changes in Europe and elsewhere that would impact a large investment project by a Japanese company, and the development of acquisition target governance models for buy-side companies in the M&A phase.
He formulated business continuity plans (BCP) for crisis response based on natural disasters, international conflicts, cyber attacks, and other risks, conducted business continuity training, and helped companies that have experienced quality fraud build systems to prevent recurrence. He also analyzed issues concerning the governance and risk management systems in Finland, Spain, North America, and elsewhere, and rebuilt these systems for a company that had experienced a scandal.
In terms of management support, he has a wealth of achievements such as creating management guidelines for the heads of overseas bases and supporting the digital transformation of risk management.
Expertise
Global governance, risk management, crisis management
Other Accomplishments
・Seminar instructor: “How Should Japanese Companies Respond to Strategic and Country Risks?” / Organized by Nikkei Inc.
・Guest instructor: “Crisis Management Facing Corporations” / College of Risk Management, Nihon University
・Interviewed by Jiji Press : “The Response of Japanese Companies to Coronavirus”
・Article contributed to business journals: “Country-specific Crisis Management Essential for Global Companies” / Japanese Business Law Review and many others
Education
Graduated from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Waseda University